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Female founders in the U.S. VC ecosystem: the good and the bad | Pitchbook

Women founders and investors raised $38.8 billion in funding in the U.S. in 2024, up 27% from the year before, according to PitchBook.

VentureBeat - 12h

A Team of Female Founders Is Launching Cloud Security Tech That Could Overhaul AI Protection

Cloud “container” defenses have inconsistencies that can give attackers too much access. A new company, Edera, is taking on that challenge and the problem of the male-dominated startup world.

Wired - Feb. 25

These Founders Are Reinventing Black Haircare

Banana fibers, recycling, and biodegradable collagen are just a few of the materials replacing plastic.

Inc. - Feb. 19

Flower power! Female in Focus awards – in pictures

This year’s prizes go to female photographers exploring autism, breast cancer and the lesbian community at Sappho’s rock Continue reading...

The Guardian - Feb. 27

And the winner is ... the rising generation of older female actors

With this year’s Oscars about to be handed out, Hollywood women of a certain age have never been more bankable or in demand. What’s behind the cultural shift?. Something seems different about ...

The Guardian - 4d

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes loses fraud appeal

Holmes was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for defrauding investors in her blood-testing company.

BBC News - Feb. 25

Millennium’s billionaire founder explores expanding ownership to executives

Izzy Englander still owns 100% of one of the world’s top hedge funds

Financial Times - 20h

'Every woman has fear' - why risks facing female athletes remain

Emma Raducanu's ordeal with a male fan in Dubai provided a stark reminder of the dangers faced by female athletes on a regular basis.

BBC News - Feb. 21

'Every woman has fear' - why risks facing female athletes remain

Emma Raducanu's ordeal with a male fan in Dubai provided a stark reminder of the dangers faced by female athletes on a regular basis.

Yahoo Sports - Feb. 21

FTSE 350 on track to miss 40% target for female executives

Government-backed review says pace of change in top roles has ‘slowed’ among UK’s biggest companies

Financial Times - Feb. 25

This Bank’s Board Is 78 Percent Female—but Don’t Credit DEI

Piermont Bank CEO Wendy Cai-Lee says she just wanted to find the best directors—and ended up with seven women.

Inc. - 3d

Barbie honors female friendship with new dolls of famous duos

Mattel announced on Tuesday that Barbie will be releasing a line dedicated to four famous friendship duos who strive to empower and uplift one another.

NBC News - 1d

The untold stories of female climbers summiting the world’s tallest peaks

In 1970, Grace Hoeman led the first all-female team in an attempt to climb North America’s highest peak, Denali. In 1970, Alaskan doctor and mountaineer Grace Hoeman led a team of six women in ...

The Guardian - 1d

This Founder Left OpenAI to Launch a Competitor. It Aims to Bring AI to the Masses

Mira Murati, OpenAI’s former CTO, has taken the wraps off her new company, Thinking Machines Lab. Here’s what to know about its goals.

Inc. - Feb. 19

Startup founders are turning to 'seed-strapping' in a difficult funding environment

Seed-strapping is the "Goldilocks version" of bootstrapping and venture capital, Josh Payne of OpenSky Ventures tells CNBC.

CNBC - Feb. 23

Ken Rosenthal, Founder of Panera Bread’s Forerunner, Dies at 81

He built a small chain of bakery cafes, with sourdough bread as its star. A few years after it was sold, it became nationally famous under a new name.

The New York Times - Feb. 24

Trump's dangerous theory on birthright citizenship contradicts the Founders' goals

By its own terms, the 14th Amendment applies to “all persons” born in the United States, disqualifying no one by parentage.

The Hill - Feb. 24

US court upholds Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes’s conviction

Holmes, who is serving nine years, attempted to overturn conviction over multimillion-dollar investor fraud scandal. A US court upheld the conviction of the Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes ...

The Guardian - Feb. 24

5 Indispensable Tech Tools I Use as a Busy Founder and CEO

From AI chatbots to futuristic sunglasses, these tools are now a part of my day-to-day life.

Inc. - 6d

WWE co-founder Linda McMahon confirmed as secretary of education

WWE co-founder Linda McMahon was confirmed as the U.S. secretary of education Monday night by a party line vote of 51-45.

ABC News - 2d

Can hedge funds prosper without their star trader founders?

Two of the biggest names in global macro trading, Alan Howard and Chris Rokos, embody differing approaches to legacy

Financial Times - 1d

Remember Digg? It’s Getting a Reboot, Thanks to Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian

The early social media platform is under new ownership following an investment from Ohanian’s Seven Seven Six fund and original founder Kevin Rose.

Inc. - 1d

Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian joins bid to acquire TikTok

Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian has joined billionaire Frank McCourt’s bid to acquire TikTok as a strategic adviser

ABC News - 1d

Digg founder teams up with former Reddit rival to buy and revive website

Content aggregator Digg is making a comeback thanks to a partnership with rival and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian.

CNBC - 20h

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Founders Edition Review: Just OK

This compact 1080p graphics card may leave you wanting more.

Wired - 3h

They told her women shouldn’t box. Now she’s Ghana’s first female world champion

When Abigail Kwartekaa Quartey decided as a teenager to become a professional boxer, her family begged her to stop training

ABC News - Feb. 24

Female athletes excluded from White House event after criticizing new NCAA policy

Some of the athletes have publicly clashed with the White House's preferred messaging by openly criticizing the NCAA in social media posts and other public statements.

CBS News - 6d

Katy Perry and Gayle King Are Among Blue Origin’s All-Female Space Crew

They will be aboard the New Shepard, the centerpiece rocket of Blue Origin’s space tourism business, in a launch this spring.

The New York Times - 6d

Trailblazing Olympic refugee boxer Cindy Ngamba set for a pro debut on all-female fight card

Cindy Ngamba makes her pro boxing debut Friday in London

ABC News - 1d

‘I’m truly happy’: 108-year-old takes record for world’s oldest female barber

Shitsui Hakoishi can still cut it as a barber in her salon in the town of Nakagawa, after earning her licence in 1936. A 108-year-old Japanese woman has been named the world’s oldest female barber, ...

The Guardian - 13h

Microsoft Hosted Explicit Videos of This Startup Founder for Years. Here's How She Got Them Taken Down

Breeze Liu has been a prominent advocate for victims. But even she struggled to scrub nonconsensual intimate images and videos of herself from the web.

Wired - Feb. 20

How a national-security review made AppLovin America’s hottest stock — and its founders billionaires

Who says government can’t create wealth? CFIUS, an obscure panel playing an increasing market role, blocked the sale of AppLovin years before a stock-market bonanza.

MarketWatch - Feb. 21

Federal court denies Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes appeal to overturn fraud conviction

On Monday, a California federal appeals court denied Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes' plea to have her 2022 fraud conviction overturned. Holmes and her former partner are serving prison time over ...

CBS News - Feb. 25

Don’t Call it Crypto: How This Founder Used Stablecoin to Build a New Cross-Border Payment Network

Sinclair Toffa left Palantir to bring innovation to international payments.

Inc. - Feb. 25

Reddit co-founder says Meta’s end to third-party fact-checking is ‘very pragmatic’

"It is impossible to do fact-checking at scale, let alone in real time, as Facebook was trying to do," Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian told CNBC.

CNBC - Feb. 27

Why Ben & Jerry’s Co-Founders Want to Buy Their Company Back From Unilever

Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield are reportedly looking to reacquire the beloved ice cream brand, claiming its corporate owner has muzzled the company’s social activism.

Inc. - 6d

Join Inc. Founders House at SXSW to Learn from the Best Brand Builders Around

Over three days, attendees will connect with one another, hear from star entrepreneurs, and get seriously inspired.

Inc. - 1d

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak blasts Musk's DOGE over 'sledgehammer' approach to government layoffs

Apple co-founder slammed the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, over mass job cuts at various government agencies.

CNBC - 1d

Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Criticizes DOGE and Elon Musk’s Management Style

“It’s not good for a business to run that way,” Wozniak said of recent DOGE mass firings.

Inc. - 21h

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